IllinoisNurse

IllinoisNurse has 9 years experience and specializes in Urgent Care.

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1. Any Urgent Care nurses out there?

   IllinoisNurse replied to golf_hawaii's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think there IS an urgent care forum but I wish there was!

2. Any Urgent Care nurses out there?

   IllinoisNurse replied to golf_hawaii's topic in General Nursing

   EMR is electronic medical record. Our doctors still hand write their notes! Feel like they're in the dark ages!

3. Any Urgent Care nurses out there?

   IllinoisNurse replied to golf_hawaii's topic in General Nursing

   Whew, that place sounds BUSY!! I'm not sure if I can answer why we still use paper charting. I work for a Catholic hospital who is a little behind technology-wise. When the hospital switched over to computers on the floor for charting, it just did...

4. Any Urgent Care nurses out there?

   IllinoisNurse replied to golf_hawaii's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, that sounds like a huge operation! My department is definitely smaller - 1 or 2 nurses, 1 physicans, x-ray tech, med. office assistant and receptionist. Our turnover is very low - nurses love it after coming from the hospital floor. I have be...

5. Any Urgent Care nurses out there?

   IllinoisNurse replied to golf_hawaii's topic in General Nursing

   Are you still in urgent care? I just recently signed on and am looking for other urgent care nurses to talk to!

6. Any Urgent Care nurses out there?

   IllinoisNurse replied to golf_hawaii's topic in General Nursing

   I know your post is kinda old but I just registered today - looking for others like myself in urgent care to "pick each other's brains" so to speak, about different processes and problem solving that are used in urgent care. I work in a hospital bas...